{"product_id":"the-greyhound-diary-9781739821265","title":"The Greyhound Diary : Daily Mail Book of the Week","description":"\u003cp\u003eDAILY MAIL BOOK\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOF THE WEEK\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs featured in The Oldie\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'In 1949, aged 26, the bright, well-connected\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJudy Montagu (first cousin of Mary Churchill and friend of Princess Margaret)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecriss-crossed the United States on a Greyhound bus. The Greyhound Diary is a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003evivid and often humorous account of the three months she spent on the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eroad'. The Spectator\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJudy Montagu spent her late teenage years and early\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etwenties directing anti-aircraft defences during the Second World War as a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCaptain in Gunnery for the British Army. Demobilised in 1946, she set out in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esearch of fun and freedom in America and found herself swept into a bright and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eglamorous social circle. She soon counted Joe Alsop and the Cushing Sisters\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eamong her new friends and even began to consider becoming a US citizen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1949, determined to understand America more deeply, Judy embarked on a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethree-month tour of the country by Greyhound bus. Letters of introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eopened doors to a range of encounters, capturing an extraordinary moment at the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eheight of the Anglo-American alliance. At each stop, Judy met newspaper\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eeditors, political leaders, and celebrities. In Texas - where she rode in a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erodeo - she was the guest of Jesse H. Jones in Houston and Amon Carter in Fort\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorth. In Hollywood, she had tea with Mary Pickford, and by the time she\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ereached Illinois, her final state, she met and fell in love with Adlai\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStevenson. As a cousin of Clementine Churchill, Judy's travels attracted\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eregular press attention, adding another dimension to the diary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Greyhound Diary , edited by Judy's daughter Anna Mathias, is written\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein a snappy, well-paced style that reveals Judy Montagu's fascination with\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epeople and politics. She is generally generous in her portraits of fellow\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etravellers, while offering a more caustic, often witty, take on her grander\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehosts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'This fascinating and original book is a gem for\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eanyone who enjoys diaries, travel writing, and social history.'-Robert\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarris\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'I absolutely loved it. What a pleasure to be reunited with Judy Montagu!'-Anne\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGlenconner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Judy had such charm. More than anything else I wanted her friendship'.-Antonia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFraser\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Her diary is droll as well as observant...Montagu's short life - she died at 49 - was in many ways a sad one, but she was a brave original'. Max Hastings, The Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e' The Greyhound Diary is a real-life time capsule of a forgotten\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerica, high and low, in the years after World War II...'-Cullen Murphy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'...paints not only a picture of a long-gone America but also one of an\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eadventurous young cousin of Clementine Churchill whose travels brought her into\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe circles of political titans, movie stars, and gossip columnists'.- Town\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026amp; Country\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Judy's hitherto unpublished diary is not only fun but informative - enhanced\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eby her daughter Anna Mathias's intelligent introduction and footnotes.'- The\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCatholic Herald\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The Greyhound Diary invites the reader to think about the narrative thrust,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe accidents and incidents that accrete and shape life...- The Spectator\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'What makes Judy's 1949 travel diary so riveting is its\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eintoxicating mixture of the low life and the high life.'- The Daily Mail\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Judy Montagu\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eUSA, Biography: historical, political \u0026amp; military, Diaries, letters \u0026amp; journals\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 23 Oct 2025 by Zuleika.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Judy Montagu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57319744668026,"sku":"9781739821265","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9781739821265.jpg?v=1790633780","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-greyhound-diary-9781739821265","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}